Photo Flash: Wendy Wasserstein--A Look Back
At the age of 55, Wendy Wasserstein has lost her battle with cancer.
The beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright passed away at the Memorial Sloan Kettering due to complications from lymphoma, according to Lincoln Center artistic director Andre Bishop.
It
was first disclosed in December of 2005 that Wasserstein was "gravely
ill;" soon after, the nature of the illness was revealed. An infection
had prevented doctors from administering chemotherapy.
Wasserstein
won much acclaim over the course of almost three decades for writing
plays that with wit, warmth and insight, confronted a range of feminist
issues--the conflict of career versus marriage and motherhood, the
struggle for women to achieve equality at work, and the joys and
tribulations of love and sex, among them. Her plays included Uncommon Women and Others, The Sisters Rosensweig, Isn't It Romantic, An American Daughter and The Heidi Chronicles, which is commonly regarded as her masterpiece and won both a Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Third, a critical and commercial hit at Lincoln Center, was the last new Wasserstein work to be presented. With
the late composer Cy Coleman and lyricist David Zippel, Wasserstein
also wrote the book for Pamela's First Musical (based on her own children's book). The author of several volumes of essays (including Bachelor Girls, Shiksa Goddess, and Sloth), Wasserstein also penned a debut novel called Elements of Style that will be published in May.
BroadwayWorld presents a gallery of an an irreplaceable talent.
Photos by Retna Ltd.
 William Ivey Long and Wendy Wasserstein
Attending The Theatre Museum's Awards for Excellence at the Historic Players Club of Gramercy Park 
Wendy Wasserstein presents Betty Comden with The Lifetime Achievement
Award at The Theatre Museum's Awards for Excellence at the Historic
Players Club of Gramercy Park in September of 2004 Wendy Wasserstein presents Betty Comden with The Lifetime Achievement
Award  Wendy Wasserstein presents Betty Comden with The Lifetime Achievement
Award  Wendy Wasserstein presents Betty Comden with The Lifetime Achievement
Award  Wendy Wasserstein at the opening night of Follies at the Belasco Theatre, New York City.
April 5, 2001 Wendy Wasserstein attending the opening night of Into The Woods at the Broadhurst Theatre.
New York City,
April 30, 2002 Wendy Wasserstein Attends the Opening Night of Follies, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, April 5th, 2001
 Wendy Wasserstein Attends the Opening Night of Follies with close friend Christopher Durang, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, April 5th, 2001
Leave Comments
|  | | LIVE UPDATE: | NEWSIES, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, GODSPELL & WICKED Are in the Lead... |
|
 After his life as an ingenue in Brooklyn & Queens, Walter spent the next 25 Years in a leading role as a Photographer / Photo Researcher in Manhattan. He is currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and children Dali & Gala. As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of "GREASE". His journey on the path to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. His photography is syndicated worldwide through Retna Ltd. and Corbis. |
Past Articles by This Author:
More Articles by This Author... |
